Scarcity of mutations detected in families with X linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia: diagnostic implications

Ferguson, B. M., Thomas, Nicholas Stuart Tudor, Munoz, F., Morgan, D., Clarke, Angus John ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1200-9286 and Zonana, J. 1998. Scarcity of mutations detected in families with X linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia: diagnostic implications. Journal of Medical Genetics 35 (2) , pp. 112-115. 10.1136/jmg.35.2.112

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Abstract

Indirect molecular diagnosis of X linked hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia (XLHED), a congenital disorder of hair, teeth, and eccrine sweat glands, has been possible by linkage analysis. Direct mutation detection would enable carrier detection in female relatives of sporadic cases, as well as help distinguish XLHED from the rarer, clinically indistinguishable, autosomal recessive disorder ARHED. Recently, a candidate gene for XLHED has been identified. Genomic DNA from 162 affected males and 21 females, who were either obligate carriers or had manifestations of the disorder, were screened by SSCP analysis. A subset of the patients had been previously screened for large genomic deletions and had limited screening of a single exon by SSCP analysis. The two known exons were amplified using flanking primers. Approximately 7% of patients, all males, had putative mutations identified within exon 1, but no variants were found within exon 2. Ten different putative mutations and four probable polymorphisms were identified. Both of the known exons were sequenced in 10 patients who had no detectable SSCP changes, but no additional mutations were found. No correlation between phenotype and genotype was evident between either affected subjects or subjects with or without detectable mutations. The results of the study indicate that only a small minority of affected males can be diagnosed by direct mutation analysis, and that the remainder of the patients are likely to have mutations in as yet unidentified exons of the EDA gene. Linkage analysis, in informative situations, therefore remains the only practical diagnostic option available.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Medicine
Subjects:	R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher:	BMJ
ISSN:	1468-6244
Last Modified:	25 Oct 2022 09:54
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/60416

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